Seattle — His first training camp, Russell Wilson wanted to speak up but couldn't. He'd tell his roommate, running back Robert Turbin, that he wanted to say something to a back, to a receiver, but felt it wasn't his place yet.
"And I'd tell him, 'Hey, man. You're the Q! Say it!'" Turbin recalls.
Wilson, in time, became more assertive.Read More
He beat out Matt Flynn for the quarterback job, won 12 games as a rookie, won the Super Bowl in Year 2 and now speaks up whenever needed.
"Now, he's starting to develop like 'Hey!'" said Turbin, clapping his hands twice, "'Let's get lined up.' 'Hey! Run the right route, get your depth!' 'Make sure you keep the angle higher.' 'Make sure you cross his face.' Before, he was letting the coaches do that."
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